[endymi0n]

Long but not unheard of here.

The dirty secret is that it mostly works in your favor: Nobody can really force you to work at full motivation and capacity, so most of the time you just cut a mutually beneficial deal when leaving and do it anyway (in a shorter time). The other way around, it means a whopping 6 months of severance.

[nickkell]

As I point out in another comment, this happened to me previously and they were loath to compromise. I'm therefore very reluctant to depend on an Aufhebungsvertrag.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37480726